Hans Dampf wrote: > How can I define, which c-compiler should be used installing gems with > c-code on windows? > Is there a possibility to select a compiler (mingw, bcc32, cygwin) or > does it always use msvc? By default it's the same compiler that you used to compile Ruby. Otherwise you could try setting the CC environment variable. set CC=bcc32 -- RMagick: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/